Privacy Policy
- 🎯 How Do We Use Your Information?
- ⚖️ Legal Bases for Processing
- 👤 Public Profile Visibility
- ✉️ Messages and Communications
- 📊 Analytics, AI, Marketing, Remarketing
- 🔄 Data Sharing
- 🌐 Third-Party Websites
- 📁 Data Retention
- 🔒 Data Security
- 👶 Minors
- 📝 User Rights
- 🍪 Cookies & Tracking
- 🚫 Do Not Track
- 🔄 Changes to This Policy
- 📬 Contact Us
- 🗃️ Review, Export, or Delete Your Data
🔎 What Information Do We Collect?
- Personal Data: Name, photo, email, phone (optional), team/league/agency, stats, achievements (if provided for public profile).
- Usage Data: IP address, browser info, pages visited, referrer.
- Communications: Content you send via forms, posts, or messages.
- Cookies & Tracking: Data from local cookies and third-party integrations.
🎯 How Do We Use Your Information?
- Create and manage your account
- Publish your public profile (if enabled)
- Allow others to contact you via forms (if enabled)
- Send updates, digests, polls, elections, alerts, or research invitations
- Deliver optional marketing or promotional messages (opt-out available)
- Analyze usage and improve services
- Secure the platform and detect abuse
- Meet legal obligations
⚖️ Legal Bases for Processing
Legal Basis | Example Usage |
---|---|
Consent | Public profile visibility, cookies, marketing |
Legitimate Interest | Non-commercial improvements, fraud prevention |
Legal Obligation | Compliance with French/EU data laws |
No service contract is created between Équnité and users.
👤 Public Profile Visibility
If you choose to complete your profile, we may display:
- Name, photo, club/team, league, agency, highlights, contact options
- Public info is visible to all unless disabled in your settings
✉️ Messages and Communications
We may contact you via:
- Email (activity, legal updates, elections, digests, contributions)
- Forum/wiki notifications by default
- Social media (mentions, tags, DMs via Équnité accounts)
- Polls, research, open positions, elections
📊 Analytics, AI, Marketing, Remarketing
We use:
Tool | Purpose/Function |
---|---|
Matomo | Privacy-respecting analytics |
Google Analytics | Advanced usage stats |
LibreTranslate | Automatic translation (self-hosted) |
OpenAI, Azure | Enhanced forum and writing features |
Buffer | Content scheduling, social publishing |
Meta Pixel | Awareness and reach campaigns |
Email tools | Newsletters, digests, notifications |
These tools may use cookies or similar identifiers.
🔄 Data Sharing
We may share limited data with:
- Hosting/DNS/CDN providers
- Analytics & marketing providers (see above)
- Email/notification platforms
- Social media tools like Buffer (only Équnité content)
- Legal authorities if required
🌐 Third-Party Websites
Links to external sites (federations, YouTube, socials) are provided for convenience. Their privacy policies apply.
📁 Data Retention
- Data retained only as needed.
- Public contributions may be preserved.
- You can delete your account or request removal
🔒 Data Security
Industry-standard security measures applied. No guarantee of absolute protection.
👶 Minors
Équnité is open to minors, but accounts must be managed by adults/guardians. No data knowingly collected from users under 16 without consent
📝 User Rights
As per GDPR, you can:
- Access or edit your data
- Delete your account or content
- Withdraw consent or object to processing
- Request data export
- File a complaint with CNIL or your local DPA
🍪 Cookies & Tracking
Cookies may be used for:
Purpose | Example Tools |
---|---|
Authentication | Internal platform use |
Analytics | Matomo, Google |
Language preference | Platform cookies |
Marketing | Meta Pixel |
Manage cookies via your browser or our cookie banner.
🚫 Do Not Track
We do not respond to DNT (Do Not Track) browser signals.
🔄 Changes to This Policy
Policy may change. Updates will be posted here with a new date.
📬 Contact Us
🗃️ Review, Export, or Delete Your Data
Contact us using the details above or use your platform account settings.
This Privacy Policy is governed by French law and EU Regulation 2016/679 (GDPR).